I'm already in love with Missy and wanting to see her lonely life brightened up. I also love the writing, the gentle humour and the imaginative metaphors. For example, Missy reading the obituaries of contemporaries in her newspaper: "each announcement an empty chamber in my own little revolver". My eyes got a misty as she recalled watching the film Ghost with her late husband, Leo, and her motto "If you really want something, you hang on". Oh do please hang on, Missy.